Dwyane Wade Details His & Gabrielle Union’s “Hard” Year

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Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union cognize matrimony is simply a full-court press.  

Still, the erstwhile NBA player and Bring it On prima guarantee they inactive marque the cleanable squad portion celebrating their ups, and downs, connected their 10th wedding anniversary.  

“Year 9 was hard for us,” Dwyane admitted successful a video the mates shared to Instagram Aug. 30. “We were benignant of reminiscing however we got to adjacent here.”  

But the erstwhile Miami Heat player—who shares girl Kaavia, 5, with Gabrielle arsenic good arsenic Xavier, 10, Zaya, 17, and Zaire, 22 from erstwhile relationships—knows his woman is starring them to victory.  

“Thank you for being determination to amusement maine each of the things I hide on the way,” helium told the 51-year-old connected a balcony successful beforehand of their loved ones astatine their day celebration. “Thank you for continuing to amusement maine that you ain’t going nowhere. That you’re consenting to emotion maine done shortcomings I’ve had and the moments of maturation that I have. So, convey you for teaching me, convey you for believing successful me.”

And Gabrielle aboriginal replied to the 42-year-old’s heartfelt words successful a code of her ain shared aboriginal successful the post.  

“What you conscionable said means everything,” she gushed, earlier besides giving recognition to the couple’s enactment strategy for keeping her matrimony strong. “As you guys each cognize we’ve been connected this way for a long, agelong time. And the way has been agelong and beauteous and has taken twists and turns and astatine each crook you guys person been there. You’ve ever enactment america backmost connected the path.” 

The mates reflected further connected their narration successful their associated post’s caption.  

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“10 years of having a precise long, precise fun, precise loving, ne'er ending sleepover with my homie, lover, partner, and champion friend,” they wrote. “Through sickness and health, situation and celebrations, done atrocious play days and flubbed lines and caller adventures—We basal agreed and we thrive. 10 toes down, 10 years in, everlastingly to go.” 

And contempt their struggles, Dwyane and Gabrielle person nary occupation sharing their wins, too.

Keep speechmaking for immoderate of their champion household moments.

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All successful the Family

Dwyane Wade celebrated the last crippled successful his NBA vocation with Gabrielle Union and their girl Kaavia Wade successful 2019. The Miami Heats subordinate was besides joined by his nephew Dahveon Morris, his kids Zaire Wade and Zaya Wade (with ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches) and son Xavier Wade (with ex Aja Metoyer) for the momentous occasion. 

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Perfect Match

Gabrielle and Dwyane proved they spell unneurotic similar peanut food and jelly connected Halloween 2023. Meanwhile, their daughter Kaavia dressed up arsenic Cinderella.

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Bring On the Silly

The Bring It On actress snapped silly selfies with Kaavia connected Mother's Day 2023.

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Like Father, Like Son

Dwyane's oldest lad Zaire captioned this 2022 photograph of his dada holding up his Salt Lake City Stars jersey: "Leave a legacy."

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Teenage Milestones

Dwyane and Gabby nonstop Zaya, who the erstwhile NBA prima shares with ex Siovaughn Funches, disconnected to her school's wintertime ceremonial successful January 2023. 

"Supporting each different for life’s large moments is key," the mates wrote successful an Instagram post. "All the nerves, each the anxiety, each the fear… With loved ones by your side, nary substance the challenge, we 10 toes down. Always."

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Hair For It

"See @kaaviajames mama's got hairsbreadth similar yours," Gabrielle shared connected Instagram successful 2020. "When I took my braids retired she was like... present ma & babe some rocking their earthy curls."

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Red Carpet Pro

While attending the 2019 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards, the couple's girl Kaavia made her award amusement debut. Spoiler alert: She was a full pro. 

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Clap Backs

After celebrating Thanksgiving arsenic a family, Dwyane took to Twitter to slam Internet trolls who had immoderate not-so-nice comments.

"I've seen immoderate post-thanksgiving hatred connected societal astir my household photo," helium shared online. "Stupidity is isolated of this satellite we unrecorded in—so one get it. But here's the thing—I've been chosen to pb my household not y'all. So we volition proceed to beryllium america and enactment each different with pride, emotion & a smile!"

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Snuggle Season

Gabrielle rang successful her 50th day successful 2022 with snuggles from Dwyane and Kaavia.

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Sweet 16

The mates are each smiles arsenic they observe Zaya's 16th day successful May 2023.

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Best Dressed

When it was clip to observe Halloween 2019, Gabrielle and Dwyane knew conscionable the look to propulsion disconnected with their babe girl.

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Round 2

But wait, there's more! The arrogant parents besides transformed into different taxable with their girl Zaya.

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Kids Come First

Dwyane praised Zaya amid disapproval from online trolls.

"First of all, if you privation to speech astir spot and courage, my 12-year-old has mode much than I have," helium  shared connected the All the Smoke podcast successful 2019. "You tin larn thing from your kids. In my household, man, that's each we speech about. We speech astir making definite our kids are seen by each of us, maine and my wife, We speech astir making definite our kids recognize the powerfulness successful their voice."

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Ultimate Defenders

After Gabrielle was fired from America's Got Talent in 2019, Dwyane absolutely had his wife's back. "'Men lie, Women lie, numbers don't,'" helium shared connected Twitter aft the quality broke. "Over this past twelvemonth I've been approaching by galore radical saying that my woman @itsgabrielleu is the main crushed they've started watching #AGT oregon that they emotion her penetration and sincerity connected the show."

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